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Louisiana Women`s Personal Gun Safety Seminar

Monday, July 14, 2003

U.S. Rep. Richard Baker (R-6), who is A-rated by NRA-PVF and a strong advocate for firearms safety, is hosting a Women`s Personal and Gun Safety Seminar on Saturday, July 26, and Saturday, August 2.  The seminar is free and open to all women in the Baton Rouge area.  The program on Saturday, July 26, will incorporate NRA`s Refuse To Be A Victim seminar and will promote awareness and prevention of criminal confrontations.  Seminar topics include:  home, automobile, phone, technological, travel, and personal security.  Seminar participants are presented with a variety of common-sense crime prevention and personal safety strategies and devices they may integrate into their daily lives. 
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.  The program begins at 10:00 a.m., and ends at 3:00 p.m.  Lunch is included.  Firearm instruction is not part of the Refuse To Be A Victim seminar.  However, women who attend on July 26, will be invited to return the following Saturday, August 2, for hands-on firearm training at the Ascension Parish Sheriff`s Range.  Several certified shooting instructors will be on hand to train women who have qualified for the program.  To qualify, women are required to have attended the entire Refuse To Be A Victim seminar on Saturday, July 26.  For more information, please contact Rep. Baker`s Baton Rouge office at (225) 929-7711.  NRA-ILA is sponsoring this special firearm safety event, and encourages all interested women to attend.  Please forward this message to all women in the Baton Rouge area who may be interested. 
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